Brush holder



June 28, 1932, F. soHNLE BRUSH HOLDER Filed Deo. 24. 1950 Patented Jane' z8, 1932 UNITED STATES EEEDETex soHNLE, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY BRUSH HOLDER Application led December 24, 1930. Serial Nol 504,487.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for suspending brushes into pots or vessels particularly to a means for readily receiving and suspending paint 'brushes from the bail of pots above the same.

Another object of my invention is the -provision of a bail for paint pots equipped with simple and inexpensive means for suspending a brush or a plurality of brushes into or above 1 the pot.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a bailcombined with means for attaching the same to a paint pot so that it will not slip down on the pot but be kept in elevation above the same.

,A still further object of my invention is the provision of a hanger co-operating with the bail attaching means for allowing a hanging of the paint pot on the outside of the side-bars of a ladder with the hook of the hanger suspended from a rung on the inside of the side-pieces, of the ladder.

Still -further objectsl of my invention are the provision of simple and inexpensive means for suspending a brush or paint ladle l from the upper edge of the paint pot into the same.

These and other objects and advantages of `my invention will become more fully known 3 as the description thereof proceeds and will then bemore specifically defined inthe appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a step ladder with a holder for a paint container or paint pot hanger constructed according to m invention.y l y ig. '2 is an elevation partly in section of a paint container and its bail constructed to hold a paint brush with the-hanger for the pot in position on the rung cfa ladder shown fragmentarily. ,l Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a bail illustrating a modiied form of' brush holder,

buckle or pot bracket and hanger on an en-` larged scale.

Fig. 4 illustrates a brush adapted to be hung into a paint pot.

Fig. 5 shows a spoon for stirring thepaint also adapted to be suspended into a paint pot.

As illustrated, a paint pot 10 of any conventional shape has attached to its side at opposite points thereof brackets 11, 12, of substantially double U-form having their upper ends'perforated for the reception of the ent ends 13, 14, of the bail 15, while their middle parts and lower ends are perforated, as at 16 and 17 respectively for the passage 60 of the fastening bolts 18, 19, by means of which the brackets are attached to the pot, held in position by theirheads 20 and nuts 21. It will be clear that the engagement of the ends 13, 14, of the bail with the brackets 05 11, 12, in the manner illustrated in Figure 3 will prevent the bail from falling do-Wn, but will keep the same always in vertical or partial vertical position to the pot. o

The bail 15 is bent intermediate its ends 70 to form a loop 22 into which the handle 23 of a brush24 is engaged as shown in Figure 2. It will be clear that this loop can be' arranged at any suitable point of the bail.

In the modified form of brush holder, illustrated in Figure '3, the loop 22 is enga ed by the upper suspension member 25 0% a hanger 26, the lower end of which is formed into an open loop 27 for suspending the brushes 24 by their handles 23 in the manner so indicated by broken lines in Figure 3.

In order to allow a suspension of the paint pot from the rungs of a ladder onthe outside of its side pieces, I provide the hanger 28 having its end tongue 29 spaced from part 85 of its body and parallel thereto and then bent to form a loo 30, While its other end is substantially Z-sliaped, as at 31 and formed with l an outer shoulder 32 to which is pivoted the lower end of a hook 33, as at 34, to allow a ready suspensiony of the hook from a rung 35 of a ladder 36 or the likel inside of its side pieces. It will be apparent that by passing A the tongue 29 of the hanger through the middle loopof the U-brackets and turning the hanger so as to-enga e the loop of the U- brackets in loop 30 o the hanger the same will acquire a firm hold on the paint pot keeping the same at all timesfirmly in an upright position.

2 Lacasse As illustrated in Figure 4, a paint brush 37 -is provided at its handle with a hook 38 adapted to grip over the up r edge of the paint ot to suspend the brus into the same. In ligure 5 I have illustrated a spoon 39 for stirring the paint in the pot and equipped with a hook 40 at its front allowing a sus. pension of the spoon or ladle into the paint A pot.

It will be evident that such a ladle or spoon collxlgld also be used with ordinary cooking ves- `se It will be understood that I have described and shown the preferred forms of my devic only as some examples of the many possibilities to practically construct the same, and that I may make such changes in the general arrangement and construction of the minor details of my device as come within the scope zo of the appended claim without departure from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a paint brush holder a aint pot, a bail therefor a pair of double -shaped, perforated brackets adapted to be secured to the paint pot at opposltel disposed points, the bent ends yof the bail' passed through the perforation in said brackets to engage the same in such manner as to hold the bail at an angle to the pot, and a means passing through the U-part of the brackets to allow a suspension of the pot from the rung of a ladder on the outside of its side pieces.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 23rd day of December, A. D. 1930.

FREDRICK SOHNLE. 

